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TIL Dendrophilia is the sexual arousal from trees.

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9Y6wX TIL Nathan Jones, the guy who played the giant Brad Pitt kills in the beginning of Troy, was once on Australia’s most wanted for a spate of 8 armed robberies committed between 1985 and 1987. He ended up serving 7 years in maximum security and was introduced to powerlifting while incarcerated.
J1BGQ TIL in 2010, following slumped sales after the Financial Crisis of 2008, Gap decided to redesign their 20-year longstanding logo, costing an estimated $100M. The amount of public backlash was so great, that Gap took the decision to revert back to their old 1990 logo after less than one week.
VBm6D TIL the deepest known blue hole (underwater sinkhole) in the world is called the Taam Ja' Blue Hole and is in Mexico's Chetumal Bay. It's been measured to 1,378 feet (420 meters) deep, although scientists still haven't found the bottom.
epgR5 TIL For 1 day in February 2018, China's internet censors banned the letter 'N'
rN6P0 TIL that rapidly unwinding a roll of Scotch tape can generate x-rays due to the triboelectric effect